An Iowa construction worker has been sentenced to five years in prison after being at the center of of one of the most harrowing scenes of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol
FILE - This undated photo provided by Polk County, Iowa Jail shows Douglas Jensen, an Iowa construction worker and QAnon follower. Jensen was sentenced Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, to five years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, when he led a crowd chasing a police officer who diverted rioters away from lawmakers. WASHINGTON — — An Iowa construction worker and QAnon follower was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for his role in the Jan.
He gave a brief statement to the judge, saying that he wanted to return to “being a family man and my normal life before I got involved with politics.” It also includes the apocalyptic prophesy that “The Storm” was coming and would usher in mass arrests and executions of Trump’s foes, including then-Vice President Mike Pence, who Trump would deride that day as lacking courage.
Goodman's quick thinking that day — to divert the rioters away from the Senate and then find backup — avoided “tremendous bloodshed,” Capitol Police Inspector Thomas Lloyd said Friday.
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